Display card and fastener holder



May l, 1945.

J. J. .MURPHY ET AL DISPLAY CARD AND FASTENER HOLDER Filed Sept. 17,1941 2` Sheets-Sheet l May 1, 1945- 4.1. J. MURPHY Erm. 2,374,881

DISPLAY CAARD AND`FASTENER HOLDER Filed sept. 17, 1941 2 sheets-sheet 2another form of towel bar having a modif-led form of display card andfastener holder applied thereto;

Fig. 6 is a top plan View of a corner towel bar or similar articlehaving a modified form of display card and fastener holder embodyingthis invention applied thereto;

Fig. 'I is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 6 showing the display cardand fastener holder of Fig. 6 partially opened up, more clearly toillustrate the detailed construction thereof; and

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view taken along the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Referring rst to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. ltor 4, inclusive, the invention is shown as embodied in a combineddisplay card and fastener holder I6 which is applied to a towel bar ofthe type comprising a plurality of U-shaped bars I| secured at theiropposite ends to supporting brackets I2, the brackets including suitableapertures I3 by means of which the towel bar may be secured to a wall orother support by screws or similar fastener means I4, which screws orfastener means are shown as being carried by the combined display cardsand `fastener holders IIJ. Each of the fastener holders I6 is arrangedto carry two screws, but it will of course be understood that eachfastener holder may be arranged to carry as many screws or similarfasteners as are necessary to secure the towel bar or other article tothe support.

Each of the fastener holders Ill, as shown in Fig. 4, is formed from asubstantially rectangular blank or body of relatively rigid sheet-likelmaterial, such as cardboard or the like, and is slit at a medial portionthereof along the lines I5, I6, and I1 to provide a tab portion 20 whichmay be bent out of the plane of the blank along the line I8 to form anaperture I9. The aperture I9, as shown, divides the blank or bodyportion into a front portion 2| and a rear portion 22 which areconnected together by the strap-like portions 23 on opposite sides ofthe aperture I9. Preferably, the tab 2|) is scored along the line 25 todivide the tab into two foldable portions 26 and 21, the portion 26being provided with screwor fastener-receiving apertures preferablyformed, as shown, by the crossed slits 28, which provide, when thescrews are inserted therethrough, four small tabs that tend to retainthe screws or fasteners in the apertures by friction or by engagementwith the threads on the screws.

In order to apply the display card and fastener holder I to an articlesuch as the towel bar of Fig. l, it is necessary only to insert thescrews or fasteners I4 through the apertures provided by the crossedslits 28 in the tab portion 26 and to fold the strap portions 23 of th'eblank or body portion about the bar I I, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, soas to bring the front and rear portions 2| and 22 into substantiallyface-to-face relation, the tab being folded inwardly and downwardly, asshown best in Fig. 3, so that the portion 26 thereof extends beneath thebar II in spaced juxtaposed relation therewith and the portion 21 of thetab is tucked downwardly along the inner surface of the front portion2|. The front and rear portions 2| and 22 may then be secured togetherin any desired manner, but this securement is preferably accomplishedsimply by the use of a clip or staple 29 of the type which may readilybe applied by clipping or stapling machines readily available on themarket.

When the combined display card and fastener holder I6 has been appliedto the towel bar or other article in the manner above described, it willbe seen that the screws or fasteners I4 are supported with the shankportions thereof confined between the front and rear portions 2| and 22respectively, and with the head portions thereof conned between the tabportion 26 and an adjacent surface of the juxtaposed bar I I. Thusdisplacement or loss of the screws I4 from the tab portion 26 ispositively prevented, and at the same time these screws are renderedreadily available for use merely by removing the staple 26 or tearingthe card so as to permit unfolding of the display card from about thetowel bar.

The outer surfaces of both the front and the rear portions 2| and 22 areof course available for descriptive or illustrative indicia which mayset forth the desirable characteristics of the towel bar or otherarticle which is being displayed, and it will be noted that the heads ofthe screws I4 are at all times visible through the aperture I9 in thedisplay card, so that the customer may be apprised of the fact that heis receiving the desired number of screws or fasteners. Confinement ofthe shank portions of the screws I4 between the front and rear portionsof the display card is 0f particular importance in that it preventsscratching of adjacent articles during packing, shipping and display,and in addition prevents injury to the hands of a prospective pur-Chaser or other handler of the towel bar.

In Fig. 5 a combined display card and fastener holder Ia is shown asapplied to a conventional towel bar having a single bar I Ia supportedat its ends on brackets |2a, each of the brackets being of the typehaving two fastener-receiving apertures |311, whereby four screws orlike fasteners are necessary to secure the towel bar to a support.Accordingly, the fastener holder Illa, which is otherwise similar to.the fastener holder IU of Figs. l to 4, is provided with fourfastenerreceiving apertures in the tab corresponding to the tab 20 ofFigs. l to 4 so that four screws or similar fasteners i4 are carriedthereby.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, the towel bar or similararticle is provided with a bar portion 30 which is bent to providesections extending substantially at right angles to each other, and thedisplay card and fastener holder which is applied thereto comprises asubstantially triangular rear or body portion 3| (Fig. 7) having wingportions 33 extending from the edges thereof, and connected to the bodyportion 3| by strap-like portions 34, the strap-like portions beingseparated by medial apertures 35 correspond to the aperture I9 of theembodiment shown in Figs. l to 4. Extending from one edge of each of theapertures 35 is a screw or fastener supporting tab 36 which may, ifdesired, be identical with the tab 20 of the previously describedembodiment but which, for the reasons hereinafter set forth, arepreferably of less length than the apertures 35 and provided withtapered end portions.

The wing portions 33 are adapted to be brought into overlying relationwith the rear or body portion 3| by folding the strap portions 34 aboutthe right angularly disposed sections of the bar 30,

and the wing portions are preferably so shaped as to overlap each other.During the folding 0f the wing portions about the bar 30 the tabportions 36 are folded beneath the bar 30 and the tapered ends thereofare inserted through the opposite end of the slots 35 so that the tabs36 rest on the edges 35a of the slots 35 with the tapered end .on thecornertowel bar. .of the invention it will be .noted that thelower.

yportion .thereof Llyin'g :along nthe. outer `:faces ofthe wingportions. vThis .intererelation of the tabs and wing portions notonlyfseryesyto hold the heads of .the screws :or fasteners .I4 against:the bar .30, Abut .also vassists in ,maintaining the .wing portions .33`in .their respective ,folded positions.

`In orderto providela nishedandpleasingap- `pearance to the displaycardandlfastener holder illustrated inFigs. 6 tcl8, inclusive, theloweredge `of the rear or bodyportion .3,I .is .provided `withanv `extendingcomplementarytportion `35| whichis foldable along the line. soasto'oyerlieithewing portions .33. ,After `the complementary .portion 31`has been folded upwardly to :the position .shown `in Fig. 6, the rearportion 3|, .theiwing portions .3 3,iand the complementary portionSilmayall be .secured together bya single staple'or clip .3.9.

Preferably, the `complementary portion 31 is provided `withnotches 4.0along the .edges thereof,

whichznotches coincide with the adjacent` edges y .of the apertures 35to insure that the heads of uthe screws .I4 will beclearly visible after.the display card and fastener holder ,has beenassembled In this.embodiment edge formed by the fold-line 38.is.sealed so that thesharppoints on the shanks of ,the fasteners .are rendered completelyinaccessible, further .to

`prevent the possibility of injury to `persons han- .dling the cornertowel bar or tolothe'r towelbarsy during packing, shipping, ordisplayingv of the same.

When the combined display cardsand fastener .holders heretoforedescribed are'made from relatively rigid material, and lparticularlywhen they` r are to be applied to square, edgewise disposed bars, suchas the bars I I ,-andlSILit `may be desir* able to provide `scorelinessuch as the lines 4I in VFig 4 or the lines `42 in Fig. 7, in orderto insure proper folding ofthe strap-like portions `23 and 5 34 aboutthe `bars II and 30 respectively. Such score lines may of course beomitted if more flexible materials are used, and particularly if thedisplay card `andfastener holder is tobe applied to a round or similarlyshaped smooth bar.

It will now be apparent that this invention Aprovides a display card andfastenerholder which may be formed from a single sheetof material, and`which. may quickly and easily be applied to the desired article so asto associate `with the r `article the desired number of screw or similarfasteners, the screw orr similar fasteners being so supported-aspositively .to insure against displacement or loss thereof whileprotectingother simi- .lararticles and persons yhandling the articlefrom injury or scratching `uponcontact with the screw threads Yorothersharp points onlthezsaid screws `or fasteners.

while particular embodimentsoftheinvennon have been shown, lit willbe'understoodof course,

'thatthe -invention is not limited thereto,x.since fmanymodications'maybe made-and itis thereupon attachment of said sectiontoisai'd larticle .said :holding portion underlies a portion lofsaid.article inspaced juxtaposition with .a portionof Lsaid article,Asaidholding .portion .supporting the fastener means between: said.holding portion :and .said .article .in engagement with .-said article.

c2. `.Afcornbined.displaycard,and.fastenerholder `for `an Aarticle `ofmanufactureadapted .tobese- `cured :to .a fsupport :by headed fastener.means vcomprising. a `sheet-,like Mdisplay `portion andaVfastener-holding portion, said display .portion :in-

cluding a .section :attachable to said article, ,said

Yfastener,holding .portion beingadapted to .extend angularly from saiddisplay. portion in spaced relation tosaid attachable sectionsothat`upon attachment of saidsection `to said article said holding portion.underlies a portion ofsaid article inspaced juxtaposition with `aportion of said article, :said .holding portion `supporting :headed'fastener means extending throughfsaid .holding portion with the `headthereof Y,confined between `said holding portionand saidjuxtaposedportion of `said article wherebysaidportion of saidarticle'prevents displacement of isaid fastener means from `Isaid holdingportion, said display portion havingan opening adjacent'said holdingl.portion for `rendering the head `of said fastening 4.means visible inits conned position.

3. vA'combined display cardand fastenerholder for an article ofmanufacturezofthe type adapted to be `secured .to asupport `by separate`fastener ,means comprising :a sheet-.like `display :portion and a tabportion bendable out of the .plane of said -display portion, saiddisplay .portion .having fore ycontemplated Aby the appended claims to lvcover lany such'modications as fall within the` true spirit and scopeof 'thefinvention Having thus described our invention, whatwe claim anddesire `to secure byLetters Patent is: 1. Acombined ,displaycardandfastener Vholder for .an article of .manufacture of the type adapted` tovbesecured to a support by separate fastening means, comprising asheet-like display rportion .and a fastener-holding portion, saiddisplay `portion includinga section attaohable to said` article,

said .fastener-holding yportion ,being .adapted Lto` a sectionattachable `to said` article, said `tab, portion Vwhen bent out of theplaneof said display portioneextending'in spaced relation to saidat-,tachable section to underlie a portion -of said `article in spacedjuxtaposed relation `thereto upon means, VcomprisingaHsheet-.likedisplay portion including a `section attachable towsaidarticle,

and a tab portion bendable out of the plane of said `.display portioninspaced relation tosaid section upon attachment of `said section tosaid I articleto underlie a portion of said article, said tab portionhaving a ,fastener receiving aperture for `supporting `a fastener withone surface of .l

the head thereof contacting a surface of said tab andan opposite surface`of said 4head contacting said article portion V5. VA .combined displaycard and fastenerholder for anarticle of `manufacture ofthe type adaptedto be secured toa supportby headed fastener `means and having a bar-likeportion, comprising a fsheetdike body portion lincluding a Vsectionfoldable Vabout said bar-.like `V portion to `provide q(front and ,rearportions, `and a portion adapted to extend Ybetween vsaid front and rearportionsV in spaced relation to said foldable section upon folding` of`said;section .aboutA said bar-like portion, whereby said last mentionedportion extends in spaced juxtaposition to .-said doar-like :portion:for

V.ysupporting .a `headed fastener `,extending :there- .extend angularly`from said` display portion` Lin -spacedrelation tofsaid attachablesection so'that through with the head of said fastener confined betweensaid extending portion and said barlike portion.

' 6. A combined display card and fastener holder for an article ofmanufacture of the type adapted to be secured to a support by headedfastener means and having a bar-like portion, comprising a sheet-likedisplay card including a section foldable about said bar-like portion toform said card into a front portion and a rear portion, said foldablesection being slit to form a tab integral with one of said front andrear portions and bendable to extend therebetween upon folding of saidfoldable section about said bar-like portion, whereby said tab extendsbeneath said bar-like portion and tab upon the extension of headedfastener means therethrough supports said fastener means with the headthereof confined between said bar-like portion and said tab and with theshank portion of said fastener means conned between said front and rearportions.

7. The combination with an article of manufacture of the type adapted tobe secured to a support by headed fastener means and having a barlikeportion, of a combined display card and fastener holder comprising asheet-like body portion foldable about said bar-like portion to providefront and rear portions, a portion extending between said front and rearportions in spaced juxtaposition to said bar-like portion for supportinga headed fastener extending therethrough with the head of said fastenerconfined between said extending portion and said bar-like portion, andmeans for securing said front and rear portions together to retain saiddisplay card and fastener holder on said article.

8. The combination with an article of manufacture of the type adapted tobe secured to a support by headed fastener means Aand having a bar-likeportion, of a combined display card and fastener holder comprising asheet-like display card folded about said bar-like portion to form afront portion and a rear portion, a section of the folded vportion beingslit to form a tab integral with one of said front and rear portions andextending therebetween beneath said bar-like portion, said tab upon theextension of headed fastener means therethrough supporting said fastenermeans with the head thereof confined between said bar-like portion andsaid tab and with the shank portion of said fastener means confinedbetween said front and rear portions, and means for securing said frontand rear portions together in face-to-face relation at a point remotefrom said bar-like portion to retain said display card and fastenerholder on said article.

9. A combined display card and fastener holder for an article ofmanufacture having angularly extending bars and being adapted forsecurement to a support by separate fastener means, comprising asheet-like body portion having edges extending at an angle substantiallyequal to the angle between said bars, wing portions extending from saidedges including a section foldable about the respective adjacent bars tocause said wing portion to overlie one surface of said body portion, anda fastener holding portion adapted n to extend angularly from the planeof one ofsaid portions in spaced relation to said foldable section uponfolding of said section Iabout said bars, whereby said fastener holdingportion extends in spaced juxtaposition to one of said bars, saidfastener holding portion having fastener means extending therethroughand engaging said juxtaposed bar to prevent displacement of saidfastener means from said holding portion.

10. A combined display card and fastener holder for an article ofmanufacture having angularly extending bars and being adapted forsecurement to a support by separate fastener means, comprising asheet-like body portion having edges extending at an angle substantiallyequal to the angle between said bars, wing portions extending from saidedges including sections foldable about the respective adjacent bars tocause said wing portions to overlie one surface of said body portion, atab portion bendable to extend between said body portion and saidoverlying wing portions in spaced relation to said foldable sectionsupon folding of said sections, whereby said tab portion extends injuxtaposed relation to one of said bars, said tab portion beingaper'tured to receive the shank of a headed fastener for supporting saidfastener with the head thereof confined between said tab portion andsaid one bar and the shank thereof confined between said body and wingportions.

ll. A combined display card and fastener holder for an article ofmanufacture having angularly extending bars and being adapted forsecurement to a support by separate fastener means, comprising asheet-like body portionhaving edges extending at an angle substantiallyequal to the angle between said bars, wing portions extending from saidedges including sections foldable about the respective adjacent bars tocause said wing portions to overlie one surface of said body portion, afastener holding portion adapted to extend angularly from the plane ofone of said portions in spaced relation to said foldable sections uponfolding of said sections about said bars, whereby said holding portionextends in spaced juxtaposition to one of said bars, said holdingportion having fastener means extending therethrough and engaging saidjuxtaposed bar to prevent displacement of said fastener means from saidholding portion, and a complementary portion extending from another edgeof said body portion foldable over said wing portions to provide adisplay surface.

12. In combination with an article of manufacture having angularlyextending bars and being adapted for securement to a support by separatefastener means, of a combined display card and fastener holdercomprising a sheet-like body portion having edges extendingsubstantially parallel to said bars, wing portions extending from saidedges folded about the respective adjacent bars to overlie one surfaceof said body portion, and a fastener holding portion extending angularlyfrom the plane of one of said portions in spaced juxtaposition to one ofsaid bars having fastener means extending therethrough, said juxtaposedbar preventing displacement of said fastener means from said holdingportion, a complementaiy portion extending from another edge of saidbody portion foldable over said Wing portions to provi-de a continuousdisplay surface, and meansI securing said body portion, wing portions,and complementary portions in said overlying relation.

13. The combination with an article of manufacture securable to asupport by headed fastener means and having a bar-like portion, of acombined display card and fastener holder comprising a sheet of foldablematerial having an aperture in a medial portion thereof dividing saidsheet into opposed portions connected by spaced strap portions, saidstrap portions being folded about said bar-like portion to position saidop-` posed. portions in face-to-face relation, a tab portion extendingang-ularly from one edge of said aperture in spaced juxtaposed relationto a surface of said bar-like portion not encircled by strap portions,said strap portions being folded about said bar-like portion to positionsaid opposed portions in face-to-face relation, a tab portion integralwith one of said opposed portions extending from one edge of saidaperture across the space between said opposed p'ortions and in spacedrelation to said bar-like portion, Said tab portion supporting afastener extending therethrough with the shank of said fastener hiddenfrom view between said opposed portions and with the head of saidfastener confined between said tab portion and said bar-like portionexposed to View through said aperture.

15. The combination with an article of manufacture securable `to vasupport by headed fastener means and having a bar-like portion, of acombined display card and fastener holder comprising a sheet of foldablematerial having an aperture in a medial portioni thereof dividing saidsheet into opposed portions connected by spaced strap portions, saidstrap portions being folded about said bar-like portion to position saidopposed portions in face-to-face relation, a tab portion integral withone of said opposed portions extending from one edge of said apertureacross the space between said opposed portions and in spaced relation tosaid bar-like portion, said tab portion supporting a fastener extending4therethrough with the shank of said fastener hidden from View betweensaid opposed portions and with the head of said fastener confinedbetween said tab portion and said bar-like portion exposed to Viewthrough said aperture, and means for securing saidopposedportionstogether in said face-to-face relation at apoint remotefrom said bar-like member.

16. The combination with a towelbar having bar portions extending atsubstantially a right angle to each other, of a combined display cardand fastener holder comprising a sheet of foldable material including asubstantially triangular body portion and wing portions respectivelyconnected to two edges of said body portion by spaced apart strapportions, said strap portions being folded about said bar portionspartially to encircle the same and to position said wing portions inoverlying relation to said body portion,

tab portions extending transversely` from said edges of said bodyportion between said spaced apart strap portions in spaced relation tosaid bar-like portions for supporting headed fasteners with the Shanksthereof extending through said tab portions between said overlyingportions and with the heads thereof confined between said tab portionsand said bar-like portions, and means for securing said wing portionsand said body portion together in said overlying relation.

17. The combination with a towel bar having `bar portions extending atsubstantially a right angle to each other, of a combined display cardand fastener holder comprising a sheet of foldable material including asubstantially triangular `body portion and Wing portions respectivelyconneoted to two edges of said Ibody portion by spaced apart strapportions, said strap portions being folded about said bar portionspartially to `encircle the same and to position said wing portions inoverlying relation to said body portion, tab portions extendingtransversely from` said edges of said body portion 'between said spacedapart strap portions in spaced relation to said bar-like portions forsupporting headed fasteners with the Shanks thereof extendingthroughsaid ta-b portions between said overlying portions and with the headsthereof confined between said tab portions and said bar-like portions, acomplementarysubstantially triangular portion eX- tending from the thirdedge of said body portion and folded along the line of juncturetherewith to overlie said wing portions, and a staple-like membersecuring said body, wing `and complementary portions together in saidoverlying relation. f k

` JOI-IN J. MURPHY.

ALOUIS J. REISINGER.

CERTIFICATE 0E CORRECTION. Patent No. 25715881. May l, 19145.

JCEN J.- MURPHY, ET AL.

Itis hereby Certified that error appears in the printed *specificationof the above numberedpatent requiring Correction as follows: Page 2,second Column, line 55-56, for "Correspond" read -v-Corresponding page 3first column, line 60, for "embodiments" read -embodiments and page Lp,first column, line 16, strike out the Word "tab" line 67, for "portion"read portionsg and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thisCorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the Casein the Patent office.-

Signed and sealed this 18th day of' September, A D. 1914.5.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) First Assistant Commissioner of Patents

